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“ I am sure these are the same guys who broke into Marietta du Plessis’ farm Voorwaarts on numerous occasions…” writes Gerd on Eblockwatch…

WITWATER ANIMAL SANCTUARY, INKWE, Limpopo - Nov 21 2010 - Gerd writes on Eblockwatch “I intercepted about six poachers on my farm Halali, next to Witwater reserve and Inkwe. Since then I have managed to get a photo of one poacher, unfortunately only from behind, and another photo of seven dogs, quite easily identifiable, including border collies….

“After the initial interception I paid the neighboring labourers a visit to warn them that they were trespassing. One guy, Lucas (I forget his surname, but he has his name up outside his house) stood out amongst all. Firstly because his shoe-soles matched those that we were tracking and secondly because of his cocky attitude (admitting that he ‘hunts with his dogs on his/his boss’s property’). I am sure these are the same guys that have broken into Marietta Du Plessis’s house on the farm Voorwaarts on numerous occasions.”

Gerd writes: “This guy (I photographed above) lives on a piece of land next to Voëlvlei (dam) across from Witwater. Actually a few families live on this land, I don’t know to whom this land belongs but the men on this land don’t seem to have a job or are not supervised. I know they are active in the area, and sooner or later I will catch them, but maybe they are also involved in bigger things, like Rhino…. Gerd www.eblockwatch.co.za”

Death toll: 3,756 of the 12,000 remaining “white” farmers and smallholders were murdered since 1994 up to Nov 13 2010

More than 96% of all these reported rural murder victims are ‘white’, mostly Afrikaans-speakers a.k.a. “Boers”.

The list also includes English-speaking commercial farmers; foreign visitors and white immigrants killed in rural areas; also: a seperate list of black female farmers (120+) torched to death or hacked to death inside their homesteads over male-dominance related tribal land-rights disputes.

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South Africa ‘one of the most violent criminal societies on the planet”: Afrikaner farmers flee to East Europe:

DORNING: “History expert on the secrets of the SA 'bush war" murdered: Dr Warwick Antony Dorning, was shot dead execution-style at his Adamshurst Howick, Mpophomeni farm 2009-11-07 – and an SAPS inspector, pictured right, was arrested... Journalist Julia Denny-Dimitriou reported that the former senior government official and farmer was shot dead execution-style on his farm Adamshurst near Howick’s Mpophomeni area. He used to work as the chief-of-staff in the Premier’s office.Peter Miller, former Finance MEC and a long-time associate and family friend, said two armed men entered and shot him “stone dead, in cold blood, without warning,” The police were called and they found a 9 mm cartridge and a spent bullet on the scene.Miller said Dorning’s death was “a totally unnecessary killing. He worked for me for most of his career. He served the new South Africa in a very high capacity with distinction for about 15 years.He was a really generous and warm-hearted person.He was a highly educated man and an accomplished historian. Much of his PhD thesis, which covered recent South African history, including the bush war, is still classified. A kind and good man has been wantonly killed when he still had so much to offer.” It was reported later in The Witness that among the three arrested men had been a Howick falls SAPS-inspector Michael Sokhela. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Farmer-shot-without-warning-20091108

20080402 Afrikaner Ludik family survives rape/robbery terror ordeal, Kameeldrift, 5/04/2008 The Ludik family attended an emigration-expo in Pretoria on Saturday. The following Monday April 4 2008 mom Margot, 35, was raped by armed attackers while her six-year-old son was lying on the bed next to her.Gavin Prins reported in Rapport that she told her boy during her ordeal to 'lie still, pretend to sleep'.: Her husband Andries, a lawyer for well-known Afrikaner entertainers such as Leon Schuster, Sonette Bridges and Louis van Wyk, and their five-year-old daughter were tied up.Andries decided after the attack that they were speeding up their emigration plans for Australia. And the family was unable to return to their luxury smallholding after the attack.Ludik:"I have just one advice for crime victims: pack your bags and leave as quickly as possible. Afrikaans youths 'fake-urinate' in people's food and it's worldwide news.Families get attacked, it gets registered in the statistics, and South Africa is the only country in the world which has created laws to 'protect' the majority from a small minority.Margot hasn't been able to stop crying after the family's two hour horror, he said.The attackers woke them up in the middle of the night, threatening to kill the parents and hurt the children, constantly. "Any minute I felt as if a bullet was going to hit me,' he said.The Ludik family's neighbours were robbed in December. And it's suspected the same gang struck another family in a neighbouring suburb.http://jv.news24.com//Rapport/Nuus/0,,752-795_2300770,00.htm http://www.news24.com/Rapport/Nuus/0,,752-795_2300770,00.htmlhttp://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2322634,00.htmlhttp://www.news24.com/Beeld/Suid-Afrika/0,,3-975_2322634,00.html

Ex-Kameeldrift SAPS CID-inspector Marius van Greunen executed: seven shots March 29 2008 Six Kameeldrift police officers used their own money, their own cars, off-duty time and their own phones to hunt down the killers of ex-cop Marius van Greunen, 38, Kameeldrift ."Seven times. Why did they shoot him seven times?" asked devastated widow Ilze van Greunen, 34, about the death of her husband, Marius, 38. Hilda Fourie, Beeld journalist, Pretoria . The former CID-inspector, the father of two small children, was found murdered in his bedroom. Marius had been an inspector in the criminal investigation department of the Kameeldrift police office before resigning about a year ago. After that, he worked in a brickyard. Ilze said: "They could've just shot him once, tied him up or hit him over the head. It wasn't necessary to kill him. Ilze and her children, Kay, six, and Zian, four, had been on holiday in Durban when Marius was killed on Saturday and they caught a flight back to Gauteng on Saturday afternoon. She had taken the children on holiday because the family had had a burglary at their home about two weeks ago and the children "did not even want to go to the bathroom alone anymore". "I just wanted to take them away from everything," said Ilze. Marius's brother-in-law, Louis Esterhuizen, 32, who lived on the smallholding in a separate house, said he was woken up by shots about 03:00 on Saturday. He didn't worry about it too much as apparently shots were fired regularly in the area. "I got up and looked around outside for movement, but didn't see anything," said Esterhuizen. "On Saturday morning I went to town. When I got back about 11:00 I became suspicious because Marius's car was still in the driveway. "All the doors of the house - except the door of his room - were locked and there was a ladder leading up to Marius's balcony. "I went into the house and found Marius on his bed in his room. He had been shot seven times. It's an image that will always stay with me," said Esterhuizen. Marius's laptop computer, cellphone and wallet had been stolen. His former colleagues had to investigate his death. Ilze said: "When I heard the news, I couldn't believe it."http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2297626,00.html

DU PLESSIS, JACOBUS AND EUNICE, murdered execution-style, EC Dec 29 1999, grandson and worker abducted, Kinkelbos farm Brooklands Port Elizabeth EC http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Robbers-gun-down-farmers-wife-20060117 PORT ELIZABETH -- The cold-blooded murder of a middle-aged couple on a Kinkelbos farm On Dec 28 1999 has outraged the tightly knit community, reported by Ria Jordaan and others: Dispatch online 29 December 1999 Mr Jacobus "Doep" du Plessis, 55, and his wife Eunice, 55, were shot in the head at close range, while their nine-year-old grandson and domestic worker were abducted by two armed men on Brooklands farm, which Mr Du Plessis managed. The boy, Armand, and housekeeper Mrs Phumla Yozo watched in horror as the killers pumped bullets into Mr Du Plessis. A short while later they heard the shots as Eunice du Plessis was killed in the same manner. Armand and Phumla were unharmed and released by the killers who took them hostage as they made off in Mr Du Plessis's bakkie. Police recovered the stolen Du Plessis bakkie in Motherwell. Outraged members of the local farmers commando also arrived and tried to cordon off the main exit routes. Area commissioner Malizo Ntswahlana also arrived, and tried to comfort little Armand, assuring the boy: "Don't worry, we're going to get them." Farm owner Gerhard van Rensburg, who was reluctant to speak to the Herald, said: "It is as if your own mother has been murdered". He had known the couple for four months. The murder is the third farm murder in the Eastern Cape since November 1999. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Robbers-gun-down-farmers-wife-20060117

VENTER, Ansie, Burgersdorp farm wife killed Bloukrans farm, East London, 4 children abducted Nov 1997 - Zama Mpondwana of Dispatch Online. reported Nov 1997 in EAST LONDON: - Police assisted by angry farmers searched for two men wanted for the brutal murder of Burgersdorp farmer's wife Ansie Venter, 367, and the abduction of her four children. Mrs Ansie Venter's children were forced to watch while their mother was fatally shot in the head after she had earlier been shot in the stomach. Inspector Jackson Tiya of the Burgersdorp police said one suspects had been identified by locals after three of the children had supplied police with identikits of the killers. It is believed the men had lain in wait on Bloukrans farm for Mrs Venter, 36, and her children to return on Friday afternoon from a trip into town. Mrs Venter's husband, Hansie, was on business in Aliwal North. After shooting their mother, the men forced her children into her car. After crashing the car on a farm road, the killers separated the children, locking the two boys Johan, 14, and Gerhard, 3, in a rondavel on a neighbouring farm and fleeing with the girls Lindie, 12, and Charlotte, 11 months. The two girls were abandoned some distance further and were later found in the veld by police. Mrs Venter's body was found near the farmhouse, which had been ransacked. Police said Lindie was severely traumatised and had been examined by a police doctor. Incensed farmers vowed to avenge the slaying. "It's now a situation of kill or be killed," said Eastern Province Agricultural Union president Pieter Erasmus. Sapa reports Freedom Front leader General Constand Viljoen blamed the African National Congress for the death of Mrs Venter. "They have encouraged a state of hate and lawlessness, worse than anything ever experienced in the country, and are doing little to correct the situation," Gen Viljoen said. Communities had their own ideas about how to deal with crime, he said. "The police have tried one plan after the other, with little success. The ANC must admit that the crime situation in South Africa is out of control and allow communities to implement their own security measures in association with security forces." http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Robbers-gun-down-farmers-wife-2006011

LOURENS, Johannes - August 1987, murdered on Brits farm by Butana Almond Nofomela, member of a hit squad, paroled in Aug 21 2009 by Judge Siraj Desai - Nine life-serving prisoners paroled September 09 2009 Nine prisoners serving life sentences have been granted parole, the correctional services ministry said on Wednesday. They include Butana Almond Nofomela, whose death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment after he exposed apartheid hit squads. The names of the others have not yet been released. Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula made the decision after considering National Council on Correctional Services (NCSS) recommendations about the placement of 18 lifers who had served at least 20 years in jail, her ministry said in a statement.The 18 were among 57 prisoners who had served 20 years of their life sentences and were eligible for parole, it said. Nofomela's parole was "subject to certain conditions", the ministry said, but did not elaborate. On August 21, 2009 NCSS Council Chairman Judge Siraj Desai recommended that the conditions of Nofomela's parole “include referral for psycho-social support to help him reintegrate into society, pre-release programmes and that he not be in possession of, or have access to firearms.” In granting the paroles, Mapisa-Nqakula said it had to be borne in mind that "such offenders are placed on parole for the duration of their natural lives and should they break their parole conditions they will again be detained". Nofomela was sentenced to death in September 1987 for the murder of Johannes Lourens on his farm near Brits. The day before his scheduled execution, he confessed to being part of a hit squad that murdered eight operatives of the then-banned African National Congress.Among those murdered was human rights lawyer Griffiths Mxenge. Nofomela was granted amnesty for these political murders, but still had to serve a life sentence for Lourens's murder. In "exercising her discretion" to grant parole to the nine lifers, Mapisa-Nqakula took into account the protection of the community, the risk of re-offending and the likelihood of successful reintegration of the offender into the community, the ministry said. She said her decision was informed by case management committees and the correctional supervision and parole boards. She also called on communities to take part in the processes of parole boards."Victim participation is an essential part of the restorative justice process, which informs the policies of the department of correctional services," she said."Communities also need to facilitate offender reintegration into society to help us break the cycle of crime and reduce re-offending in our society." – Sapa http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_South+Africa&set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20090909192234370C451884http://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/23/world/south-african-bolstered-in-claim-he-belonged-to-police-hit-squad.htmlhttp://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Nofomela-a-free-man-20090911http://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZASCA/1993/203.html

Northwest farms targetted by 20 attacks between May 22 2010 and July 15 2010: 3 dead, four cops arrested aiding and abetting farm-attackers:

Murdered July 4 2010: Mrs Johanna Magrietha Smit, 78, owner, Witpoort smallholding, Wolmaransstad, North West. Nothing robbed. Twenty farm attacks occurred in North West province ‘s Schweizer-Reneke district as well as in Donkerhoek since May 22 2010. During two of these organised attacks, thwarted by farm-security members -- four SAPS officers were also arrested for ‘alleged involvement’ in these attacks – two for driving get-away vehicles.

Gert Lange, 67, survived played dead, second attack in year, July 22 2010 farm Vaalbank, near Bethlehem FS"The second attack was much more dangerous. They want to kill all the Boers. The more cruel the killing is, the more enjoyment they get"... BETHLEHEM, Free State. July 22 2010. 67-year-old farmer Gert Lange of the rental farm Vaalbank near Bethlehem pretended to play dead to save himself from being killed. It's the second time that he's been attacked this year. Lange who also runs cattle on his family farm, said things are getting too rough now - he's planning on selling up everything and moving in with his children at Upington. "The second time around, there was nothing left to steal in the homestead. They took all my guns and money in January. Everything I ever owed has already been stolen,' Lange told Volksblad journalist Jana vdMerwe. SAPS sergeant Mmako Mophiring claims that police are investigating. They however didn't dispatch a team of trackers to trace down the farm attackers after they found the vehicleNobody has been arrested by Oct 2010.18 http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Boer-tweede-keer-in-huis-oorval-201007232010-06-21- Karg. Lorraine, workers Linyene Hilda and Mlonge Zakwe, killed 2010-06-21 Mooi River KZN farm attack Sherwood smallholdings http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20100722120552222C956567

Nothing robbed 2010-07-26 Black Attackers shot dead a young Afrikaner father on the Swavelpoort smallholdings on Monday July 26 at point-blank range - and then pushed his wife Bronwyn, 33 into a cupboard with her husband's corpse. Nothing was 'robbed' during the 7pm attack on Monday - but Boschkop police station commander LtCol Gavin The-Kisho describes it as a 'robbery'. Virginia Keppler, Beeld, quoted LtCol The-Kisho as saying that the 'robbers' gained access to the Afrikaner couple's homestead on the rural smallholding by firing shots through the locks of front door. Nothing at all was robbed. The couple have two small children aged four and two years, Nathan and Morgan. Mr Geyer's business partner Werner Scholtz wrote on his facebook page: "It is with great heartsore that I write the following. My best friend, my business partner and my 'brother' Ryan Geyer has become another crime statistic in South Africa.Ryan, Soutie, my old mate, I am going to miss you a lot, a lot, I love you. Ryan is survived by his wife Bronwyn and their two children Nathan(4) and Morgan(2) -

Theo de Jager, 43, Rietfontein smallholdings, Muldersdrift, murdered by attackers 2010-08-23 22:14 André Damons of Beeld reports that Theo de Jager, 43, a member of the Muldersdrift community-policing forum, was shot dead at the Rietfontein, Muldersdrift smallholdings on Friday August 21 2010. Apparently Mr de Jager saw at around 10am how two black men left a smallholding homestead and when he investigated, he found that there had been a burglary. “He followed the suspects and a shooting broke out. Mr de Jager was hit by a bullet in the head and died of his wound at a clinic, said SAPS captain Appel Ernst. Mr De Jager also injured one suspect in the leg and the thug was taken to a local hospital under police guard for treatment. Jorncy Page chairman of the Muldersdrift CPF, De Jager’s death is a ‘tragic loss for us and the entire community. He had always been an active member of the community except for the past few years. He worked hard to help protect and secure the community and his death is a loss to us all. When is the government going to take the crime-problem seriously? When are they going to start creating jobs for people because it does not help to lock everybody up,’ he said. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Man-sterf-toe-hy-twee-agtervolg-na-inbraak-20100823

Fischer, Karel, 86, Morgenzon, Mpu farmer survives torture and being used as human shield: farm attacker injured and arrested - attack by at least 4 black militias in gunfight with 60 farm-defenders. Famer Karel Fischer was recovering from a recent stroke when his farm at Morgenzon in Mpumalanga was attacked by a large gang of armed black attackers on Friday night. These ‘black heroes of the ANC-revolution’ tortured the old man and his son Adriaan extensively, demanding the key to the gunsafe – and kept on torturing him even though the sick old farmer was telling the truth: he did not have the key... and when a huge number of farmers showed up, the cowardly gunmen used the old Afrikaner man as a human shield, hiding behind him and dragging him along through the field while fleeing… When some sixty members of the farm-watch units responded to the emergency call, the black militia-members took the injured old farmer hostage and dragged him along, using him as a human shield in the fierce gun-fight which followed. His son Adriaan also was shot in both legs and was tortured. Both Fischer men were rushed to a hospital in Louis Trichardt.An unnamed farmer from Brits arrested one of the farm-attackers during the search which followed, shooting the man in the chest and confiscating the weapon in his possession. This arrested gunman now is treated at a hospital under police-guard, Willem Pelser of Rapport writes. http://www.rapport.co.za/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bejaarde-boer-as-menseskild-gebruik-20100904------------------------------ SAPS capt Kevin Marallich killed, fiancee Kathy Potgieter critically injured; Bobby Hall's farm-dam near Nyoni KZN"Message from a Censorbugbear-Reports member: September 5 2010 -“On Sunday we received very sad news. Kathy Potgieter and her boyfriend went fishing at Bobby Hall's farm dam, somewhere Between Amatikulu and Nyoni. They were attacked by two violent robbers who hit Kevin (*Kevin Marallich, Capt. SAPS crime intelligence unit) on the back of the head with a rock. Then they shot him in the face with a very high caliber gun. He died. Kathy was also bashed about terribly and raped. And then thrown into the dam to drown. They stole the bakkie, cell phones , Kathy's bag and their picnic stuff. The Induna of the farm was walking by about 3 hours later and reported to Bobby Hall about his find. Two local farmers, one with lifeguard training went over to the dam and swam in and rescued Kathy who was floating on her back. She was rushed to Umhlanga hospital and had surgery on her head to relieve the pressure and was also put onto a ventilator to get her breathing again. She is critically ill and there is not much promise of her recovery. She now has infection in the stomach and lungs And blood in the urine. If she does recover the doctors say that there is a possibility of brain damage. She is still unconscious- and not responding to anything at this stage. “ http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20100830065125352C727843

Off-duty police officer Capt Kevin Marallich, 53, stoned to death on farm, companion seriously injured: 1 attacker killed * An off-duty police officer was stoned to death while his companion received serious wounds on Sunday this week. According to the SAPS, captain Kevin Marallich (53) and his companion Kathy Potgieter (59) were fishing at a dam on Ashhill farm in the Nyoni area. It is suspected that the couple was approached by two assailants sometime between 1 and 3pm who stoned them and then stole Marallichs Ford Bantam LDV as well as other items. The couple was found by farm workers at approximately 3pm. The workers contacted the farm owner, who summonsed police and paramedics. Marallich died at the scene and Potgieter was transported to a local hospital where she is in a critical condition. On Monday, members of the Durban Organised Crime Unit and Eshowe Crime Intelligence Unit followed up information on a suspect in the killing of Marallich. Police arrived at the eSikhawini residence at 12:00, where the suspect attempted to open fire. Police returned fire and the suspect was shot and killed. Marallichs vehicle along with other items taken during the attack were recovered. A firearm was also recovered. The SAPS continues to search for one other suspect in connection with the attack, which has shocked and outraged members of the SAPS and the public alike. “ It saddened me deeply to hear of yet another death of a senior police member whom I have known for more than 15 years”, said uThungulu District Mayor Stan Larkan. “Kevin was a dedicated, hard working and enthusiastic member of the police force and always conducted his work in an exemplary manner. We have lost another devoted and loyal member of the Force”, said Larkan. “I have also personally known and worked with Kathy Potgieter for some 25 years as she is secretary to the municipal manager of uMlalazi Municipality,” he added. “This wicked and despicable murder on Kevin and attack on Kathy is condemned in the strongest terms and there is no place in this land for ruthless thugs as in this case and criminal elements in general and they must be removed from civil society and if that means by shooting and killing in retaliation as was done in this particular case, I fully support the SAPS actions”, he said. http://www.feveronline.co.za/details.asp?StoNum=8286&from=index.asp%3F-------------------------------- 2010-09-01 Floris Kruger, 60, smallholder killed execution style after long torture St Albans, East Cape * “My father was murdered two days ago… he had no money, all he had was his children”: A murdered realtor/pensioner’s daughter writes us: SEPT 3 2010 - “My Father, Floris Kruger, was murdered two days ago on the 1st September 2010 in the St Albans area, Eastern Cape. They stabbed him several times in the chest – torture to get information concerning his bank accounts etc. They tied him by his feet and took him to the bushes using his car (which they stole) -- where they shot him between the eyes and left him there. He was found on the 2nd September 2010. My dad had no money, he had nothing worth stealing in his house, all he had was his children. He was 60 years old. I loved him very much and I miss him. JUSTICE WILL BE DONE.” News report on his death: 2010/09/03 PORT ELIZABETH. http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=601961

SA farmer petitions UN Council to stop genocide: Report on Skynews:The Afrikaner nation, targetted by death squads in towns and the countryside, is also being decimated by the ANC-regime’s deliberate denial of their job rights, and denial of access to food-aid, medical care, public housing and even access to clean water and electricity: more than 650,000 of the 3million Afrikaners now live in dismal squallor in tent-towns and are denied even the most basic rights to survival… only because they are ‘whites’. SKY NEWSINTERNATIONAL BODY UNPO CALLS FOR PROBE INTO SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN MURDERS OF AFRIKANER FARMERS:

Solidarity spokesman Jaco Kleynhans says the SAPS has appointed more than 83,000 new police officers since 1994 - yet ‘the serious crimes have only been reduced by a mere 645 murders between 2004 and 2009. It is clear that the SAPS is not able to use its police force effectively to fight crime with. They abolish their specialist-units while overseas policing forces expand and strengthen theirs. The results are clear: In South Africa, the average daily murder rate lies between 30 to 40 people per 100,000 of the population – the international norm is 5 : 100,000.” http://www.misdaadprotes.co.za/solidariteit-lid-op-pad-werk-toe-voorgele-tereggestel/

2010-10-17 Gert Reyneke, 71, murdered on Kameeldrift smallholding, Pretoria, nothing robbed. 2010-10-18 Gert Reyneke, 71, had gone to visit his granddaughter at a smallholding in Kameeldrift near Pretoria to make a wrought-iron bed for her 14th birthday. Instead, the unarmed old Afrikaner was shot to death by persons unknown – who did not steal anything. Hilda Fourie of Beeld newspaper writes that Gert and wife Johanna, 67, arrived from Bloemfontein on Friday to visit his daughter Mrs Thiana Gericke, 45 and to help celebrate his granddaughter Danelle Gericke’s 14th birthday. The Reyneke couple had celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary earlier in the month. They were staying in a flat just metres away from the main homestead. His wife woke up around 1am on Friday from the sound of glass breaking. Her husband also woke up and looked out the window, with Mrs Reyneke warning him to ‘be careful’ while he walked to the room next door where the sound had come from. Then she heard a shot. She looked carefully around the corner and saw her husband lying on his face, bleeding. He was shot in the chest from about a meter away. Mrs Reyneke locked herself in the bedroom and tried phoning her daughter and son-in-law Org Geringer, 43, but was unable to do so. However Mrs Geringer woke up from the gunshot and she woke up her husband who got up to fetch his cellphone from his car. When he noticed the text-message from his mother-in-law he rushed to the guest-flat but Mr Reyneke was dead. “It’s so senseless,’ said their daughter. “The most innocent of people just killed in one careless moment.” He also leaves another daughter Ms Charné Reyneke (42. SAPS captain Jan Sepato, confirmed the murder.Nobody was arrested. Police haven’t a clue who or how many people to even search for and also did not send an SAPS dog-tracker team shortly after the farm-attack. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Oupa-kuier-op-hoewe-geskiet-20101018

Anna Jacoba Myburgh, 65, dies months after 2010-02-18 kidnapping Bronkhorstspruit 2010-10-18 BRONKHORSTSPRUIT regional court – The kidnappers of the late Mrs Anna Jacoba Myburgh, 65, who recently died from the after-effects of a traumatic kidnapping during which she also was tortured with a hot iron, shot and then left for dead with her daughter-in-law Hedri on February 18 2010 — deserve ‘worse than the death-sentence’, said her widower Hans, 67, speaking at the trial of Daniel Motshwarateu, 23 and Helton Matsimela, 28. PICTURE These two black men, found guilty of the stated crimes by Bronkhorstspruit regional court magistrate Magriet Cook, will be sentenced in November. Mrs Myburgh, left just after her rescue, her daughter-in-law Edri Myburgh, 28 and housekeeper Paulina Moyana were attacked inside their homestead, forced into a vehicle and driven around on the Spitskop/Sairta road between Bronkhorstspruit and Witbank. Mrs Myburgh senior was stabbed in the foot and also extensively tortured witha hot iron before they were forced into the car. Matshawarateu and Matsimela testified that Mrs Anna Myburgh was shot behind the left ear and Mrs Edri Myburgh, 28, shot inside her mouth – and that the women were then left for dead on the road: Edri was even driven over when the car rolled. Both men have admitted to the various counts of torturing, kidnapping and shooting the Afrikaans women – but no explanations as to why they had done this. Edri’s husband Henk, 32, also in court to hear the verdict, said the kidnapping left the entire family having to deal with permanent trauma. “Every time we come and sit in the court-room, all the old wounds are scratched open again. We as a family try to avoid it but it has unfortunately become an an integral part of all our lives.’ Edri Myburgh did not attend the proceedings on Monday. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Doodstraf-nie-genoeg-vir-die-twee-20101018

Louis Deneeghere, 63, left, kidnapped from the elite Morningside Countryclub in Sandton on Sept 18, found dead Oct 16 2010 on smallholding south of Sebokeng The original missing poster had different information from the news-media information: the poster said he went missing at the Morningside Country Club on Saturday 18 September, the media wrote that he went missing from his ransacked Kensington home the next day.SAPS spokesman Jean Olckers said “it appears he died from a gunshot wound”. They have been very reticent to release any other information about Mr Deneeghere, who was born in the Western Cape. http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=50876

2010-10-12 Chris Kouremetis, best man at wedding, gunned down, rural Cradle Restaurant, Muldersdrift - Armed men opened fire on best man Chris Kouremetis with an AK-47 and a 9mm pistol on Sunday -- just as the unarmed, wealthy property developer was about to leave the rural Cradle restaurant in Muldersdrift: he was the best man at a lavish wedding ceremony attended by 90 guests, many attending from other countries. Twelve shots were fired in total: two bullets hit Kouremetis in the chest and hand. The other bullets riddled his R1million luxurious Cayenne motorcar with holes – with two female passengers seated inside. Two women in the back of the car remained unscathed. The dead man’s father, Costaz Couremetis’was too distraught too speak to The Star last night. - The Star http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/wedding-day-bloodshed-1.685487

2010-10-18 Anna Jacoba Myburgh, 65, died from after-effects of traumatic kidnapping, Bronkhorstspruit 2010-10-18 BRONKHORSTSPRUIT regional court - The kidnappers of the late Mrs Anna Jacoba Myburgh, 65, who recently died from the after-effects of a traumatic kidnapping during which she also was tortured with a hot iron, shot and then left for dead with her daughter-in-law Hedri on February 18 2010 -- deserve ‘worse than the death-sentence’, said her widower Hans, 67, speaking at the trial of Daniel Motshwarateu, 23 and Helton Matsimela, 28. The two black men, found guilty by Bronkhorstspruit regional court magistrate Magriet Cook, will be sentenced in November. Mrs Myburgh, her daughter-in-law Edri Myburgh, 28 and housekeeper Paulina Moyana were attacked inside their homestead, forced into a vehicle and driven around on the Spitskop/Sairta road between Bronkhorstspruit and Witbank. Mrs Myburgh senior was stabbed in the foot and also extensively tortured with a hot iron before they were forced into the car. Matshawarateu and Matsimela testified that Mrs Anna Myburgh was shot behind the left ear and Mrs Edri Myburgh, 28, shot inside her mouth – and that the women were then left for dead on the road: Edri was driven over when the car rolled. Both men admitted the crimes – but gave no explanations as to why they had done these horrific things. Edri’s husband Henk, 32, also in court to hear the verdict, said the kidnapping left the entire family having to deal with permanent traumas. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Doodstraf-nie-genoeg-vir-die-twee-20101018

Lesotho attacker killed: farm invaded by 13-member gang from Lesotho shot by own comrade at De Jager farm, Ficksburg Oct 20 2010 – 9am – Thirteen armed attackers from Lesotho raided a Free State farm in broad daylight today. One of the attackers was found dead: police believe he was killed by his fellow terrorists while they were firing shots over the cattle to rustle them. The attackers stole a R35,000 stud bull from the invaded farm’s owner, Sarel de Jager. Farm manager Coen Scheepers said the armed gang 'attacked in V-formation". They had knobkieries (traditional fighting sticks); shotguns and probably also handguns.Scheepers said he was phoned at the dentist by a security guard and rushed back to the farm while phoning the police enroute. Upon arrival he found the body of an unnamed Lesotho citizen with a knobkierie lying next to him, however it is believed this man was shot dead by one of his own comrades. He said the security guard did not fire any shots at the invaders. http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Aanval-uit-Lesotho-20101021

Oct 29 2010 – As was only reported several days later, Dutch anti-apartheid campaigner Jan Ditmars’ wife Madi, 50, was injured in the shoulder and one of their four black attackers’ bodies was found 300 meters away from the Boschkop smallholding after a shootout on Friday-night. She fired ‘numerous shots’. ling. Then my wife shot him. Many times. He shot back and tried to take her gun away from her. It was like the Wild West,’ said the anti-apartheid activist. “My wife was shot during the process. Despite his protestations that it was ‘purely a robbery’ however, the gang fled without robbing anything. Mr Ditmars alerted the local policing-community forum who contacted the SAPS and the emergency services. She was admitted in stable condition to a hospital. Mysteriously – the SAPS found one attacker’s body 300m away from their homestead. “We are not proud that someone has died. Many will say that it’s a good thing that the man was shot dead but that was neither our feeling nor our intent. We grieve that someone had to die,’ said Ditmars. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Vrou-skiet-rower-dood-20101031

2010-11-04 Afrikaner mining-contractors Johan, 54 and Annelise Greyvenstein, 53, were murdered execution-style on their bakkie at their smallholding some 10km outside Mussina Nov 2 2010. Shopping bags filled with groceries still were next to them and they had been covered up by a canvas. Mr Greyvenstein was shot execution-style behind the left-ear. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus-Daar-was-baie-baie-bloed-20101104

2010-11-07 KNOPPIESHOOGTE SMALLHOLDINGS, RIKASRUST, RANDFONTEIN - Amanda Roestoff of Beeld reports that 82-year-old smallholder Andries van den Berg was found trussed up and murdered – with his praying hands still clutched to his chest. His body was found at 7pm Thursday Nov 4 2010 by son Joë (50) on the bedroom floor. He was dressed in his pajama pants. With his hands and feet tied up, the old Afrikaner's crushed-in face was covered by a jacket . The family had begged the deeply religious Afrikaner to move to town – but because of his love for his environment he refused to move when wife Elaine, 75, moved to Joë 's house in town four years ago for her safety .Mike Bosch, deputy-chair of Randfontein's Police Community Forum said the community members are very upset."Despite all our efforts and all our patrols it remains unsafe.' The community offers a R5,000 reward for tips leading to the killers' conviction.SAPS capt Appel Ernst said investigating officer w/o Karen Nel can be contacted at 011 278 8100 He was a member of the Dutch-Reformed Church Middelvlei outside Randfontein. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Bejaarde-op-hoewe-vermoor-20101107

Van der Lith Blomerus and Henna, worker Edward Ndou found killed, Louis Trichardt farm 2010-11-13 LI -- 2010-11-19 Edward Ndou, the farm-worker whose body was found on the same farm together with those of his employers Pieter Blomerus Van der Lith, 65, and his wife Hennie, turns out to be one of the suspected murderers of his employers who had slaughtered the Boer couple – and robbed nothing whatsoever, reports Beeld newspaper. Edward Ndou’s body was found with gunshot wounds inside his worker’s cottage. The Transvaal Agricultural union spokeswoman Ms Marie Helm said ‘it appeared as if Ndou and other workers attacked Van der Lith while they were in the veldt while he was selling livestock.’ She said he was murdered in a very gruesome fashion: he was tied up to water-pipes near a dam, and the rubber floormat from a car was tied around his head. He was bludgeoned to death with ‘several blunt objects’, she said. Then the murderers went to the homestead and killed Mrs Van der Lith – who was making hamburgers in the kitchen. She was bashed with blunt objects and then stabbed with knives. All her jewellery and wallet were found untouched in the house and nothing whatsoever was robbed from the homestead at all. Helm said from the tracking by expert forensic experts it showed that Ndou and his comrades then went to his cottage with the other killers where he died from gunshot wounds. It was not made known how he sustained these. “The cruelty with which these murders were committed is horrifying,’ said Helm. Lt.col. Ronel Otto, of the SAPS confirmed that a man had gone to the farm on Tuesday to purchase luzerne (livestock feed). He came across the worker’s body and alerted the SAPS who then also discovered the murdered Boer couple. It’s not known exactly how many people were involved in this apparently motiveless, very violent massacre and no-one was arrested. http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Egpaar-en-hul-werker-op-Limpopo-plaas-vermoor-20101116

The term "genocide" was coined by legal scholar Raphael Lemkin in 1943, writing:

'Generally speaking, genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation, except when accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actionsaiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves.

The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of personal security, liberty, health, dignity and lives of the members of such groups... '